iTEP Grammar Section Structures Flashcards

Choose the correct option: "The children were made ___ their rooms before dinner."

Answer: to clean

In the active voice 'make' takes a bare infinitive, but in the passive it takes 'to' + infinitive.

Choose the correct option: "Each of the workshop participants ___ a certificate at the end of the course."

Answer: receives

'Each' is singular, so the verb must be singular even when a plural noun follows 'of.'

Choose the correct option: "Had she studied harder, she ___ the final exam."

Answer: would have passed

This is an inverted third conditional, so the main clause needs 'would have' + past participle.

Choose the correct option: "I'm really looking forward to ___ you at the conference next month."

Answer: meeting

In 'look forward to,' 'to' is a preposition and must be followed by a gerund.

Choose the correct option: "The receptionist asked me where ___."

Answer: I lived

Reported (indirect) questions use statement word order and usually shift the tense back.

Choose the correct option: "It's getting late; it's high time we ___ home."

Answer: went

'It's high time' is followed by the past tense to refer to the present or the near future.

Choose the correct option: "There were ___ applicants for the scholarship this year than last year."

Answer: fewer

'Fewer' is used with countable plural nouns, while 'less' is used with uncountable nouns.